Sakine Meiko


 * Meiko Sakine redirects here. For other characters with the name "Meiko", see Meiko.

Sakine Meiko is an official recognized derivative. Her name of Sakine　咲音, literally means "Blooming Sound" and has the same pronunciation as 先音, "Preceding Sound," i.e., she preceding Hatsune Miku. Her family name is sometimes shared among her other fanmade "siblings", Meito, in particular.

Design
Sakine Meiko's design is reminiscent to that of Meiko, a Vocaloid 1 developed and distributed by Crypton Future Media. She has light brown hair styled into teased bob. She has a side swept bangs and her eyes are large, done in a style of illustrator Kei. On her left upper arm is the black mark "00 MEIKO", its significance is currently unexplained, though it just likely homage to Meiko's mark being CV01.

Her top is red-orange sleeveless crop top with a black hem. The rest of her attire follows the same color scheme. She has a red choker, wears fingerless gloves with computerized print, a frilled skirt with a white belt, and another belt that hangs on her left side. She wears light brown boots with white fur trim, and has headphones.

Personality
There has been no defined personality for her, as she was created to be Meiko in her younger years. The fandom displays her personality as being a little naive, and does not engage in the drinking of alcohol, unlike adult Meiko.

A popular portrayal is treating her as the younger hyper sister of Meiko.

Source: Vocaloid Wiki
She was conceived through the efforts of Producers working with Meiko's voice. This was owed largely to the fact Meiko had become forgotten because of Hatsune Miku's popularity, leaving both her and Kaito behind, Meiko in particular did not have the young sounding voice of the released Vocaloid 2 voicebanks released at the time so was not as appealing as they were to the Vocaloid Otaku based fandom. Sakine Meiko was established by Nanameue-P to push the limits of the Vocaloid software to make Meiko sound younger. Her official setting is "the Meiko who came into the music trend in the age of 16" (i.e., she is not a younger Meiko variation but Meiko when she was young) and Nanameue-P is "the producer who rediscovered Meiko in her youth". She was later made famous by the PV "Honey" featuring her and other derivatives such as Yowane Haku and Akita Neru, as well as the UTAU Kasane Teto alongside official Crypton Vocaloids.

Acceptance into Vocaloids
Meiko is one of the Vocaloid derivatives that became officially recognized by Crypton Future Media, the publisher of the Character Vocal Series for Vocaloid 2. The other derivatives bearing this distinction is Hachune Miku, Akita Neru, Yowane Haku, and Tako Luka.

Featured appearances

 * MikuMikuDance (MMD), 3D software
 * An MMD model of Sakine Meiko was created in November 2008 by modeler Kio. See the Meiko Sakine (Kio) page for details, and also see other Sakine Meiko models.


 * Project Diva (PD), game
 * Sakine Meiko is an available character in the PSP game, Hatsune Miku ~Project Diva~ and again as a playable character in its sequel. Her appearance in the games is slightly different from Daigoman's design.


 * Fanmade Promotional Videos (PV)
 * Sakine Meiko is commonly seen in fanmade videos, portrayed in various ways or simply dancing. At one time, her MMD model was used in place of Meiko.


 * Merchandise
 * Official licensed Sakine Meiko figurines have been produced, such as Nendoroid Puchi and a scale model.

Voice configuration
Unfortunately, Nanameue-P has not disclosed the voice configuration so far, though theoretically, she carries a younger voice (and perhaps higher-pitched voice as well) of Meiko.

デリケートに好きして / Delicate ni Sukishite
The first Sakine Meiko video.

星間飛行 / Seikan Hikou
This is Sakine Meiko's most popular video. So far, it has more than 380,000 view counts at Nico Nico Douga. And this number is the highest among the Vocaloid covers of "Seikan Hikou". Interestingly, the original Seikan Hikou was sung by the character Ranka Lee who was voiced by Megumi Nakajima, the seiyuu who would eventually voice Gumi.

Honey - Nanameue All☆Stars
Honey was created on Meiko's birthday with the intention of promoting the 'unappreciated Vocaloid'. This song is Sakine Meiko's second biggest hit. It got more than 280,000 view counts on Nico Nico Douga.

恋のフーガ / Koi no Fuga (Dance Shot PV)
Features a duel Sakine Meiko, one in an alternate color.

Trivia

 * It is common to refer to Sakine Meiko as her namesake, or simply Sakine. The original Meiko is sometimes identified through this name as well, being the personification of Meiko when she was young.


 * There is also another fanmade named who's name is pronounced similar to Sakine Meiko, and belonging to the Hagane group as Sakerune Meiko. The only connection these two share is being derived from Meiko.

Gallery
Note; this is not a gallery for every fanart out there, just for reference